Lyrica and weight gain?

I am very very thin 1010lbs 5'5''and lose weight fast. I am goign to see endcoronlogist to see if I can slow down my metabolism. Thryoid and blood have been checked a million times. They tell me i overproduce adrenaline maybe? I sometimes accidentally work thru pain and then whne my brain turns off - i really suffer.

so - doc said let's try lyrica, may not help too much for the pain BUT many patients complain about weight gain...??

then he said GET THIS - really bad weight gain like 30 to 40 lbs!!?

yikes --I can/t add 1/3rd of my body weight. I look pretty sick though - NO i am no anerexic...

I do everythign - shakes, carbs,protein -- just can't gain weight. I used to sit at 110 -- haven't seen that for 4 yrs -

1.) anyone have really high metabolism? Meds fly thru my system or don't work at all...thankfully doc trust me and i use meds as intelligently as possible.

2.) anyone gain just a "little weight" on lyrica? I would be okay wiht 10 extra lbs. Donuts are NOT gettign me there OR are most ballooning up?

I am so glad youreplied. It syas to start low and i think he has just heard me complain about being so thin (and like u -i eat everything). I doubt he would take me off the narcs -- (god that woudl piss me off). I am so sorry you had to go thru (or are still going thru) that nightmare

30lbs would make me look weird. So when you stopped --Did the weight come off?

Man sometimes everything is in extremes isn't it?

Jill

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You have to take into consideration my lack of exercise and my junk food that I didn't eat in the past but I weight 170 pounds. I would attribute 30 pounds to the Lyrica. Before I was on it the weight gain was minimal and more controlable. It has also caused me one episode of CHF where I was extremely short of breath until I took 120mg of Lasix that thankfully I had at home and then I could breath a little. Sometimes I felt it made me very puffy. I hope this is making sense. I wouldn't go off of it though. It has helped me with the pain.